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Reicast was a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast emulator
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Optimize the emulator for phones with less RAM (Xperia Play) #259

Closed AbandonedCart closed 10 years ago

AbandonedCart commented 10 years ago

Since the Shield is heavily supported as the "new" gaming device, it would be good to support some of the past gaming devices, too.

Currently the controller is supported and I just added the manifest tags to have the emulator show up in the Xperia Play launcher.

There are a lot of gaming kernels and ROMs out there running GLES smoothly, but for some reason there is a lot of lag with rendering for this one.

This is less an issue and more a general discussion on how to accomplish this, continued from the previous controller talks in https://github.com/reicast/reicast-emulator/issues/32

RetroMarioBros commented 10 years ago

I cant test this emulator then.... I can´t upgrade to Ics because i have got locked bootloader ....and i dont know how do ....because my xperia play is manufacturer 12w33

RetroMarioBros commented 10 years ago

I test now !! Other project "nullcd for android " and this apk found but very slow...and no sound ... Xperia play 2.3.7 This emulator found in 2.3 Which is the diference with reicast?

RetroMarioBros commented 10 years ago

Sorry for my english !! The source is nullcd no??? Can you test this apk and see log ?

AbandonedCart commented 10 years ago

That was an unauthorized (I think) pre-release of the work by @skmp before it was polished into reicast

RetroMarioBros commented 10 years ago

link removed in this page is theapk that i say you!!! This found un Gb

jbakach commented 10 years ago

@LoungeKatt I think that this guy wants to tell you that this apk works on Xperia Play with GB. I tested this apk before and it worked like a charm, but the controls didn't work and I wanted something different like ppsspp. I think that the problem here is the GUI, that doesn't want to work on this device. Maybe you will figure out where the problem is.

skmp commented 10 years ago

That is a much older, leaked version, that runs 3 or 4 times slower. There's nothing to see here.

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 3:34 PM, jbakach notifications@github.com wrote:

@LoungeKatt https://github.com/LoungeKatt I think that this guy wants to tell you that this apk works on Xperia Play with GB. I tested this apk before and it worked like a charm, but the controls didn't work and I wanted something different like ppsspp. I think that the problem here is the GUI, that doesn't want to work on this device. Maybe you will figure out where the problem is.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/reicast/reicast-emulator/issues/259#issuecomment-35257020 .

~skmp

AbandonedCart commented 10 years ago

@jbakach The GUI runs fine. It's the memory allocation that breaks.

jbakach commented 10 years ago

If you make a comparison with this apk, will it show where the problem is? Or isn't possible to solve it?

AbandonedCart commented 10 years ago

We know what the problem is. It's posted above.

jbakach commented 10 years ago

Yes, I know. But, is there any attempt to fix it? Me and other friends that have this device are impatient to try this on GB, because in general, xperia play users are using GB, for it's awesome performance. Hope you could understand this. Thanks for your effort and work you put on this guys. I admire you.

AbandonedCart commented 10 years ago

For GB, it simply isn't possible right now. In the future, maybe.

As for everything else, https://github.com/reicast/reicast-emulator/pull/312 is a good start.